FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 26, 2002Regular season · 3 games
← Dec 25CalendarDec 27 →

3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed WAS by 8 at halftime and won 87–82.

Final
DET87
WAS82
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET -8; Q3 DET -2; Q4 DET +5
Final
DAL83
NOH81
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +2
Final
TOR88
SEA97
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA +9; Q4 SEA +9
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2001–02Dec 26, 2001: 12 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS vs DAL), 53 points.
The lead · DET @ WAS

Detroit climbs out of an 8-point hole against Washington

Down 8 at the half, the Pistons won the fourth quarter 26–19 and the game 87–82. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-8-2+5DET AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2516202687
WAS2524141982
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 20, 25, 15, 12, 27, 13, 22, 22DET22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 11, 9, 4, 13, 15, 19, 11, 16DET16 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 14, 14, 28, 23, 25, 19, 28, 24WAS24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 14, 12, 2, 30, 33, 16, 13, 17WAS17 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DAL @ NOH

Dallas holds off New Orleans, 83–81

Dallas led 68–66 after three and held on to win by two. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over NOH2DET over WAS5SEA over TOR9Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over NOH.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.2Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.2 in 27 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.7Season avg25.5Last 3

25.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.7 in 29 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 23.8 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Gary Payton leads the day with 35

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 21, 24, 23, 25, 15, 12, 12, 35SEA vs TOR · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 7, 24, 9, 18, 23, 13, 19, 12, 27TOR @ SEA · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 33, 7, 15, 11, 13, 18, 20, 24NOH vs DAL · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 14, 14, 28, 23, 25, 19, 28, 24WAS vs DET · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 21, 35, 2, 20, 9, 28, 30, 23DAL @ NOH · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 15, 18, 9, 21, 22, 5, 27, 22TOR @ SEA · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Ricky DavisCLE+6.4 29.9 last 10 · 23.5 season
Yao MingHOU+4.6 17.6 last 10 · 13.0 season
Lucious HarrisNJN+3.8 16.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Rodney RogersNJN+3.8 12.0 last 10 · 8.2 season
Bonzi WellsPOR+3.7 19.2 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
Erick DampierGSW−3.7 5.5 last 10 · 9.2 season
Desmond MasonSEA−3.3 10.1 last 10 · 13.4 season
Tracy McGradyORL−3.3 26.7 last 10 · 30.0 season
Allen IversonPHI−3.3 24.8 last 10 · 28.1 season
Shammond WilliamsBOS−3.0 6.1 last 10 · 9.1 season